Gore...The Park, Not An Injury Involving Blood And Guts

Last week I decided to go check out the summer promenade that is taking place at Gore Park. It goes every Wednesday-Friday from 11am to 5:30pm until September 15th. They have really advertised this saying there are lots of vendors and great food. Of course when I went down there was almost nothing there. There were a few food trucks but there was only one vendor.

I'm sure other days there is more going on. Either way it's a great way to use Gore Park as a pedestrian area as well as drawing people downtown. After wandering around there for a bit I went and checked out some stores that I never think to go to. I went to Cheapies, Dr. Disc, and a few others. It was really nice. I got some good deals too.

The Summer Promenade. Gore Park, Hamilton

 On the weekend one of Hamilton's most popular food trucks, Gorilla Cheese celebrated it's one year anniversary. They were parked at Gore for Saturday and Sunday for the celebrations. On Sunday the television show Eat St. was there to film a segment for one of their upcoming shows. How exciting for Gorilla Cheese to have gained that much attention in just one year of business. Amazing really. Of course I went down to this because I am not only a fan of Gorilla Cheese but a big fan of Eat St. I watch it all the time. I am getting hungry just writing this and remembering how yummy my Gorilla Cheese was. I had the El Jefe (Heffe) which is new and was DELICIOUS. It had smoked pork, ham, cheddar cheese, pickles and dijon mustard on it. I'm not even a huge pickle fan and I LOVED it!

My sister and I waiting in line for some Gorilla Cheese!

We met James Cunningham, the host of Eat St. I am holding a Gorilla Cheese :P

It's nice to see Gore Park being used for more than just drug deals, although I'm sure that still goes on. Thousands of people were there over the weekend and I hope that in time it can become a safer, more enjoyable community space.

Here's me standing in front of the fountain that has been in Gore Park since 1860.

Happy Birthday Canada

Happy Canada Day to all you Canucks out there! I hope you all celebrated your long weekend with style! Hammertown had almost too much to offer this weekend and I'm not going to lie I had a hard time deciding what to do.

My weekend started off with a celebration because I had an interview in Toronto to do PR for a fashion boutique. I was offered and accepted the position. It was very welcome and exciting news for me. When I got home I really wanted to celebrate. My friend and I went to the It's Your Festival that was going on at Gage Park. The Dinner Belles were playing (I swear I'm not stalking them) as well as many other great local and Canadian bands including David Wilcox.

Unreal.

Not my favourite Hamilton festival but still worth checking out.

Not only was there some great music happening down there but I FINALLY got to try Gorilla Cheese. Gorilla Cheese is one of the many food trucks in Hamilton to become popular in the past couple of years. Food trucks are a major craze right now and I can see/taste why. I ordered the lumberjack grilled cheese. It had cheese, bacon, granny apple and maple syrup on it and it was delicious. I thought paying $8 for a grilled cheese was a little extreme but they aren't lying when they say it is gourmet grilled cheese and I can say it was worth every penny.

Goal: Try them ALL!

After the festival I went to the movies and saw Magic Mike. Yes, it was magical. I don't need to go into details. The picture says it all.

umm...yaaaa.

 On Sunday I had friends over for a BBQ and we had a lovely day. After we ate we decided to go watch fireworks at the mountain brow. Fireworks were being offered in many parts of the city. Down by the bay, Dundas, Valley Park... tons of places had them but we really didn't want to deal with the crowds so we went to the brow. There were a lot of people there as well but it wasn't too difficult to find a spot. We picked the best viewing point that we could find and it was great because it was such a beautiful, clear night that we could see the firework shows that were being set off in different parts of the city and even in other cities from where we were. When the finale was over people were setting off their own fireworks at the brow so we stayed and watched those as well. It was perfect.

Today my friends and I were supposed to go check out Hamilton's Rib Fest but to be honest I think we all spent just a bit too much time in the sun yesterday and we were all pretty exhausted. That's okay because I know that Hamilton has lots to offer pretty much every weekend this summer and I look forward to attending most of those events.

All in all I had a wonderful Canada Day long weekend spent with great friends and family. I hope you did too!!